Chapter 2: The Werewolf's Brother.
I follow the Doctor down a dark passage way and into a small room. An old man with grey hair and glasses was bent over his desk, furiously scribbling away at some papers. The Doctor put his hands in his pockets and cleared his throat.
"Yes?" the man inquired without looking up. The Doctor frowns.
"You know James, for a person who is so desperate to stop his own brother he's sent me two messages, you don't seem to care a lot that I'm here. Especially since I have my sister with me"
James snaps his head up and breaks into a huge smile when he sees Doctor but I'm blushing so much I have to look at my shoes – black converses that match the Doctors. I'm suddenly aware of James shaking my hand very fiercely.
"It's a pleasure to meet you..."
"Um, Sophie"
"Sophie and you are?"
"Rose"
"Rose. Such pretty names for pretty people. Come, sit down. We have much to talk about Doctor"
The Doctor simply nods and plonks down on the nearest chair but it takes Rose and I a while before we get over our embarrassment and sit down as well. James puts away his papers and looks at the Doctor.
"So James, just to clarify, you sent me two messages. One asking for my help and the other explaining that the reason you need help is because you're brother is a werewolf and has been killing people in the village. Correct?"
James nods.
"It's been dark days Doctor, dark days. I've seen Robert transform with my own eyes. Such horrible, tormented sounds that I had no idea any human could make. But the worst was after he had transformed. He ran about the village killing everything that came into sight, human or not. The next day, I found him knocked out cold in a hedge, blood everywhere. The village woke up to find ten dead bodies as well as countless animals scattered all over the village. Robert of course, was not found and when he did come to, I suppose he washed himself off and acted as normal"
The Doctor listened with interest before leaning back in his chair. James rubs his forehead before putting on another huge smile and turning to me.
"The Doctor's sister. Who would have thought it?"
I smile and accept his handshake. I catch the Doctor smiling at me like it's totally normal and smile back but only for a second because I'm trying to work out what makes me so special. I only found out two days ago!
"Yup, he's finally got someone to watch him"
James and Rose laugh but the Doctor just sticks out his bottom lip and looks at me.
"You're the one that needs watching. It's a good thing you can regenerate otherwise James here wouldn't be getting to meet you!"
I know it's the truth but his words hit me in the stomach like a sucker punch as the memories come flooding back to me. How I was held hostage, how I was shot, how the Doctor held me in his arms, crying and begging me to hold on to life. A small, choked cry escapes my lips and I resort to staring at my shoes again. The Doctor pats my shoulder and resumes talking with James.
"Are you ok? Don't mind him, he sometimes does that. I think it helps him, because he watched his home planet and everyone else die, to say things out loud. I think being able to see the whole of time and space in your mind can drive you a bit mad"
I smile a little.
"Yeah it does"
Rose does a double take and looks at me like I've grown another head.
"I've been thinking about how we are similar and how we aren't and I'm finding myself becoming more like him. I see it too Rose, I see everything"
I say this last bit in a hushed voice because I don't want the Doctor overhearing me. Rose looks at me curiously before shrugging and smiling at me like it's ok. We turn back to the Doctor who is studying photos with James. I get up and lean over his shoulder to get a closer look. Just normal shots of a deserted street at night but in everyone there is a large black object that appears to be a tall man with a hunched back. But that's where the normalities end. The 'man' has claws on his hands and his legs are actually far too long to be human. In one, he is looking to the side and his nose is more like a snout. Large claws protrude from his fingers and his ears are large and pointy.
"Well, it definitely looks like a werewolf. Good thing tonight is a full moon, eh? Rose, Sophie, come on"
"Where are we going?" asks Rose.
"Back to the Tardis. I need to collect some things before we go werewolf hunting"
He says this last bit with a smile and I laugh. We follow him back to the Tardis and he instantly begins searching through the cupboards.
"Rose could you look in that cupboard for a red box. Sophie, can you come and hold this please?"
I take the large cardboard box and he begins to chuck things in it. Rose is still searching through the large cupboard and finally finds the red box. The Doctor smiles as he jumps down and places the last thing in the box.
"Right, that's everything. Now we just have to put it together"
He takes off his coat and throws it onto one of the large beams. He sits down on the floor of the Tardis and I sit down next to him. He begins to pull random things out of the box and begins to fit them together.
"Rose, you might want to get changed. Not that there's anything wrong with what you're wearing but, we're in 1879, in Wales. You might get some strange looks if you're walking around in jeans and a t-shirt considering they haven't been invented yet"
He adds this last bit with a smile and Rose smiles back before going downstairs to the wardrobe to get changed. I look back at the Doctor.
"What about me? Should I get changed?"
"No you should be fine. You're in green and black so you shouldn't draw too much attention to yourself. Besides, I wanted to talk to you"
I put down the two pieces I've been fitting together using the sonic screwdriver and look at him.
"Earlier, when we were in James' office, you told Rose you thought you were becoming more like me. That you could see the whole of time and space. Is that true?"
I nod and look away. The Doctor puts down the wire he was holding and puts his hands either side of my head. I close my eyes and I can see inside his head, all that he sees. I'm guessing he can do the same but I'm more preoccupied because I can see his mind and how painful it seems.
"Calm down. I'm just checking"
I can't calm down though. I feel my mind spinning and I start begging him to stop. I fall backwards and the Doctor catches me. I open my eyes and the dizzy feeling goes away.
"Don't get up just yet, that sometimes happens. I was just seeing what you saw but because you're a Time Lord, you could see into my mind"
He smiles so I smile back and soon we're laughing as he tells me loads of stories about his past. We continue with the 'werewolf hunting' device and I'm still laughing when Rose comes back in a dark red dress that comes to her knees. She's still wearing her brown boots though.
"What's so funny?"
"I was just telling Sophie about some of my past experiences. Much better dress by the way"
Rose smiles and sits down next to the Doctor and watches us as we put together the device bit by bit until we have what looks like a detecting device. Satisfied, the Doctor jumps up and grabs my hand to pull me up. He's so excited he completely forgets his coat so I grab it and me and Rose run after him. We eventually catch up with him just as he's dragging James out of his office.
"Doctor! What do you expect to do once you've found him?"
"I really don't know James. One bridge at a time, eh. Let's actually find him first and then –"
"Silver bullets!" I gasp, cutting the Doctor off mid sentence.
The Doctor, Rose and James look at me, stunned.
"Sophie, we're in 19th century Wales. I don't think we'll find any silver bullets here" The Doctor sighs.
"No but you might find some if your dad works for the army. A few months ago the ammunition team ran out of lead so they couldn't produce bullets. Then my dad had the idea of using the metal from old planes to make them so they salvaged old wrecks and a few of them had silver, to make the hulls stronger. I've been obsessed with the army ever since I was little so he sent me two silver bullets on separate chains for my 16th birthday"
"You are joking me Soph" The Doctor looks stunned. I shake my head and pull out my necklace from underneath my top. I also unzip my secret pocket in my trousers and pull out a bracelet. Both had a silver bullet attached to the chain.
"Genius girl!" James smiles but the Doctor looks so serious I put the bullets away and frown.
"Sorry" I whisper.
"No don't be, it's just, you seemed so... never mind, I talk to you later"
I frown again and the Doctor silent walks out of the office, Rose and I following in his wake.
